Testing the accuracy of regression discontinuity analysis using experimental benchmarks

Political Analysis

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 400-417

  Green, Donald P ^a   Leong, Terence Y ^b   Kern, Holger L ^a   Gerber, Alan S ^a   Larimer, Christopher W ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Analyst Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 70350051322     PISSN: 10471987     EISSN: 14764989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pan/mpp018     Document Type: Article

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